Loom filling-stand.



P E. ASHTON. Loom FILLING STAND.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1912.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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R E. ASHTON.

LOOM FILLING STAND.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 3, 1912.

1,082,186, Patented De0.23,1913.

2 SHEETSSHBET 2.

BSTAVAILABLE ma sTAtrEs PATENT OFFICE.

rita lvors' n asn'ron, or EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO DRAPER COMPANY,

" or HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ACORPORATION or MAINE.

fZ '0v (1Z6 whom it may concern a}; po'Be it lmo'wn that I, FRANCIS E. Asrrron, .{r' citizen of the United States, residing at Exeter, inthe county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, have invented an improvement in Loom Filling-Stands, of :h'ich the followingdescription,1n connectu nwitl the accompanying drawings, s a specificatiomlike characters onthe drawings epresenting like parts. A. iitEiTllQ invention-to be hereinafter described gg- -i,1' clates to loqin'afillingstands, whereby the cf1ds' of-the filling wound on the filling carriers maybe-readily found and presented to 1 ,tt'he weaveni; y I

nt-Aswell'knoivn by those skilled in thenrt, aagiat the conclusion .ofthe spinning and wind; i ingpperationsincidental to the preparat on m am fo use as fillingduringthe weavin 'i0I-2Cl0th, the-end of the yarn .-is. usual ly' le ,cttngi'ngclosely-nega e body [of the yarn 00$ J'tiiund on. thecarrier In; looms of the filli ling:replenishingporso called automatic type, vlimijever,the-dining carriers. are placed 111 a 26 battery or hopper and it is-necessaryto se-- .eu-re'th ends of the filling so that, when a car an. .tra "'fcrred to the shuttle, filling fe i-ll b the shed, on the first pick of I j l iish l ttle. Owing to the .fact. that the ends soi ant fitii g cling at the body-of the filling tfllitlbOV-I'tQlOd, much ditliculty. is expehi rieneed and much time lost bythe weaver in i'hnding the filling end and unwinding the.

aifitl erar ie 1Y2 glYithft'hese facts in mind, the aln'isnnd fl ypurposesof'tbe present invention are. to promeans whereby, preparatory to 1placingf -t e fillingearriersjn,the-,batteryor topper, 1-ll tillilig-. e|1ds -;n 1ay.- be readily. foundand ire-sentedlo Hie-weaver, and while the-inesi gyention isthus more speeially of value in zegnnectiou' \vithlilliug replenishing or autoilltatie, looms, it. is nevertheless adapted for 46;,us in any emiditiouwhich renders it doable t0' fillll and present. the filling end as; ';t(,*; .l l|( weaver, "s for instance in threading .ajshuttle, all-of \vhielrn'ill best be made eleanfroni the following (leseription and areompartying drawings of one. convenient Jor u of means for carrying the invention into practical e'll'eet, it being understood that in its true scope the invention is deliued by the-elanus. in the drawingsz--lfigure l is a side ele- ..sa m e to leadthe fillingfrom the smaller end.

LOOM Ermine-swam.

Specification of Letters ram. P t t Dec 23, 1 913 Application filed August 3, 1912. Serial No 713,134.

ration of a filling stand embodying the present invention, some of the parts being shown broken away; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view, as on the line 22, Fig. 1, with the carrying slide partially raised to show the action of the brushesand rotating devices on the filling and carrier; Fig. 3 is a detached view of the carrying slide; Fig. 4;

is an enlarged detail in section showing how the filling carrier and HS load is treated as the carrier is moved by the carrying slide; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the bottom of the hopper or box at its discharge portion.

In its broad sense the invention contemplates means for acting upon the body of filling wound upon the earrie'randfby relative movement of such means and the filling carrier to'find and temporarily hold the end of thefilling Wound thereon; and, in the form of the invention herein shown, the carriers appropriately supplied with filling and in desired numberfar'e delivered to a carrying frame by which they may be'moved relative to and into contact with filling end finders to which the-filling ends adhere, as

will now be described.

The frame forsustaining the various parts may be of any-appropriate character. sueh,

for instance, as thebase, 1. from which rise the side frames 2 and 3 supporting a rest or table 4 preferably, though not necessarily inclined, as shown by Fig. 1, and adapted to removably sustain :thopper or box 5: The hopper or box 5 may boot any desired character for containing a series of filling ear- -riers 9 having a supply of filling \vound thereon, and is provided with a dist-barge opening 7, Fig.6, through which the-filling carriers ,may pass singly, as indieated in Fig.1. "lfhe hopper or box 5 ispreferably of a Width betaveen its sides 8. S, Fig. 2, approxiinately eqiuil to the length of the filling carriers or bobbins 9, so that the filling earriers may be arranged in saidhopper in an orderlymanner, with their lengths extending widthwise ot' the hopper. as indicated by Fig. 1. v

The discharge opening 7 at the bottom of the hopper is normally closed when the as one torn: of means for so closing said opening, the bottom of. the-hopper is provided with a gate or slide 10. preferably of the general form shown, and normally under the intlueuee of a spring 11 for holding the ho 'ipe is not upon the. table or rest 4, and I ate or slide in close position. hereinefore noted, the hopper or box 5 1s preferably removable from the rest or table,

though this may not be regarded as an essen- -by the operatives as they dotl the. said frames. However, other arrangements may be conveniently employed and the filling carriers can be taken to the filling standand there placed in the hopper. \Vhen the former expedient is practiced it is desirable that the gate or slide 10 be automatically opened to permit filling carriers to pass,

. when the hopper is placed in position on the table or rest 4, and .as one formof means to this end the gate or slide 10 may be provided with a projection 12 to engage a shoulder or stop 13 on the table or rest 4;. as the hopper is moved endwise to place on said table or rest substantially as indicated in Fig. 1. If desired, the table or rest 4 may be providedwith side guides 14 to guide or direct the hopper 5"to-its proper position whenmoved endwise on said table or rest.

Mounted for sliding movement between the side pieces '3, 3, Figs-1 and 3, of the main frame, is the filling carrier frame, which may be of an appropriate character to. receive and support filling carriers havthereof. It will be noted that the rests 17 an"?! 18 haveupwardly extended entrance passe es, so that fillin carriers may be read ilyip aced in and ta en from the carrier frame; and that the rests 17 are somewhat larger and deeper than the rests 18 in order that the former may engage and accommo-- date the base'portions of the filling carriers and that the latter may properly supportthe filling carriers near the tip portions, thus holding the carriers in proper alincl'nent transversely of the carrier frame.

The sideflpieces '15 and 16 of the carfier frame may be appropriately joined together at their lowerportions by the cross-pieces 19 and 20, and may he further braced atintermediate points by tie rods 21, preferably disposed below the rests 17 and 18 inorde'r that when the frame is raised and the weaver wishes to remove the filling carriers from the frame it may be done-rea ily and without unnecessary obstruction to the hand movement.

The side pieces 3, 3 of the main frame are connected. together at the front and rear by the front. and rear mcml'iers 22 and 23 respectively, thus forming a substantially boxlike guide for the filling carrier-frame as it is moved up and down in the main frame,-as will presently appear, though obviously other forms of guiding means might be employed and will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

As hereinbefore noted, the filling carrier frame is adapted to be moved up and down in suitable guides formed by the parts described, and any desired character of means for giving the filling carrier slide this movement may beemployed, but a good, practical form of such means is shown by Fig. 1, wherein the side frames 2 and 3 have extending between them a support 24 carrying suitable bearings for a shaft 25 on which is sccureda wheel 26 connected by a'st'rap or other flexible device 27 with a treadle 2S pivoted at :29 at the base of the supporting frame. Likewise secured to the shaftQS is the larger wheel 30 connected by the strap or other flexible connection 81 to the-lower portion of the filling carrier frame as at 32, F igs. 1 and 3, the construction being such that upon depression of the treadle the shaft 25 will be rotated clockwise and through .the

described connecti0ns30 and 81 with the filling carrier frame, such frame will be given a rising movement in its guides. The construction is such that a small movement of the treadle imparts sufficient movei'nent to the filling carrier frame'to move it from its lower to its extreme upper position, as will be hereinafter described, in which latter position the rests 17 and 18 supporting the filling carriers will be exposed in convenient position for removal of the carriers therefrom by the weaver.

In order that the filling carriers 9 contained within the hopper 5 may be properly fed to the filling carrier frame, the table or rest 4 and the rear wall 23 of the guiding frame are provided respectively with passageways connected by a chute 33, Fig. 1, the construction being such that when the hopper 5 is placed upon the rest or table 4, and its gate or slide is opened, either in the manner stated or otherwise, the filling carriers contained within the hopper may be freed to pass singly from the hopper through the chute 33 into the filling carrier frame. \Vhen in its lowest position, the filling carrier frame may,'if-dcsired, present the upper one'of the rests 17 and 18 opposite the chute 33, under which conditions,'as soon as the gate or slide of the hopper is opened, the first filling carrier to pass therefrom will travel down the chute and find its ultimate position in the rests 17 and 18 of the filling carrier frame, the filling carrier- 9 at such times preferably 'bearingat its base portion 34, Fig. 2, in the enlarged rests 17 and by its tip portion 35, Fig. 2, in the smaller rests 18. Upon depression of the treadle the rests 17 and 18 are brought successively" opposite Y filling on the carriers, so that wl didxthe, first-mentioned carrier, until tlfelrestsiin the filling carrier frame are suppli; witliiffi llingcarriers. gl iftl ie particular device illustrated as the present embodiment of the invention, the filling carrier frame is shown as provided 11?!I$,: but it is obyious that any appropriate Ol'fSlCslIQtl number of rests may lMB OI'HIQOyt l. Astheffillingcarrier frame rises under action of thetreadle and continues to rise the rests 17 and 18,-regardless of their n u rpljelfi. have l)eensupplied with filling carrie'rs,"tl e -fillingcarrier at the end of tne iil'lllte is retained insuch position by having itsllnd portions bear upon the surfaces 36 d the; side'pieces and 1G otthe till- 'in t5arrierffr anie, so that as the filling cari to rise after ,it-has been raine cont nues u clibfi dfwithflfilliiig carriers, it serves also IQ d ba'ck the remaining filling carriers in 5' tlie cliiite iiiitil the filliiigcarrier l rainejis siibse liently brought to charging position.

T 'j liereinbefore noted, the ends of the-filling'lwound upon the carrierscling closely to -tlie"bo'dy of the filling at, some point, and it 6 is -ilesirabi'thatthe ends of the'various fillbefore they are placed in. the ba teryor'liopper' of a loom, shall be prel seiit d'to the weaver in order thathe may fa't'ii'i'i "them for reasons hereinbefore noted,

and it is likcwise desirable that the filling wlteif placed in' 'thebattery or hopper shall leatl ifroin th sihallerend or delivery por- 'titiii of the filling carrier and with these 1 act, "inview the present invention in the fdi iir ill stratedcontemplates means for en gti gitig' the surface of the woundfilling on the i carriers as such carriers are moved upl wardby the filling carrier frame, whereby thfij'e'nd-ofth'c"filling is found and held while th" earrinftllll'l which it is detached moves up'wa'rd'to final position. and as such means coil'sftitute a'fillilig cud finder. it will, here- Mtifie'rHie designated as' a filling end finder.

his one form of filling i-nd finder, the

5 boX lik'e portion of the framing in uhich the fillifig-*Carriergtravels is extended upward above the tahl'e or rest 4 and has the trout. -0S'Iwdil 22 'tliere'ot; provided with aseries of l)l1'tliQS'38,'-FigS. .1,- 2 and 4-, which are sutfiie'ntly extended from the wall .22 to enga t-"tll('. l)0(l) of the filling wound upon the a'rri'ers as -the'carriers move past such a'ibilt. ms with the result that the brushes .3tl' wi ll engage and hold the (uni of the l tfn the fillmgcarr cr frame has been moved to its exti 'eine upward position and th fillingv tifi'hahfirs supportedthereby have been moved into dotted line position, Fig. l, where they can be grasped by the hand of the wearer,

a series of four rests for filling car-' the ends of theifilling of the finder or brushes and be tion to be readily reached by the weaver.

While a series of brushes 38 extending throughout the length of the upper portion of the guide for the filling carrier frame have been illustrated as a good, practical and convenient form of filling end finder, it is to be understood that any suitable means which may engage and act upon the body of the filling on the carrier as said means ent invention.

ing carriers as they are being treated by the winds of the conclusion of the spinnin operation may be unwound therefrom an thus allow filling as the filling. carriers move relatively thereto. This is 7 thereof, because by so rotating such wound finally lead from the smaller ordelivery end to its upperinost' position, as will be readily understood. As a convenient form of means for thus causing the filling carriers to rotate as they are moved'past the filling ('|l(l finder, the present invention contemplates means to act frictionally upon the moves past, the filling end finder, and as one (.OHVCIHOllt form of such means, the present invention shows a series of teeth 39, Figs.

tion of the rear wall 23 of the 'guideway .in which the filling carrier frame moves.

sition.

aiu-d thc rotating; devices 38 and respectively extend sul'istantially the full length of'the cylindrical portion of the. body of filling wound upon the carrier, see Fig. 2, y l so that. both the filling end finder and the respective carriers will still 'be held by the filling endiii convenient posiand filling carrier are relatively moved,' is contemplated within the spirit of the pres- It is sometimes desirable to rotate the fillfilling end finder in order that the final filling placed upon the carrier at:

the filling end linder to hold the Zend e f the A particularly j desirable where at the 'conclusionfiof the"spinnii igj" 1 ope'ration the end of the filling has. been wound one-or more times about the'b'ody of the filling carrier near the base portion r r filling carrier, the end of the filling Will' portion of the filling carrier, when such carrier has been moved bythe carr er frame body of the filling as the filling carrier;

v1, 2 and 4, projecting from the upper'po'r- 'lhese teeth or rotating devices. projectfilling end finder 38 to hold the end 'of the ward and finally reach their uppermost poit will he noted that. the filling eiid finder.

rotating devices act with noninjurious effect upon the body of the filling and the filling end finder is adapted to find the end of the filling regardless of its position with relation to the body of the wound filling. Obviously the filling end finder or brushes 38 may extend the full length of the wound portion of the filling carrier, but if desired only may they extend along the Cylindrical portion of the filling carrier, but. if desired may extend to the end portion thereof, substantially as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that no matter where the end of the filling may have been left at the conclusion of the spinning operation, the filling end-finder will unerringly find and hold it.

While the teeth or abutments 39 have been found to be a good, )ractical form of rotating device for the filling carriers, it will be understood that any -appropriate means may be employed to rotate the filling carriers as they move past thefilling end finder, the essential in this regard being that the filling carriers be thus rotated in orderthat the ends of the filling which are found by the filling end finder shall be retained by the finder as the filling carriers are moved to their uppermost position.

By reference to Fig; 2, and as indicated-by the arrows therein, it will be seen that rotating the filling carriers actsupon the filling carriers to give them rotatiomm a direction opposite to the direction Iofwind by which the filling was placed upon the car; rier so that upon rotation of the filling car-f riers by said rotating means, the-ends of the filling will be unwound from-the carriers.

From the construction described it will --be apparent that when the filling carrier frame has been moved upward to its extremelimit, the filling carriers supported by it will have been moved past the filling end finder and th'e rotating devices will have acted, so that the ends of the filling will projectdown-' ward from the carriers and -be held by the filling end finder, with the result that the weaver may by one hand detach the series of filling carriers from the carrier frame and with his other hand may manipulate. the ends of the filling and readily attachthem to the desired part when he places the filling carriers in-thc hopper or battery of the loom.- A filling carrier stand containing the essentials of the present invention may be at-' tached to or form part of each loom, or it may be a separate device from the loom and placed in suitable position to enable the weaver to readily supply the battery or hopper of the loom with filling carriers in the manner hereinhefore pointed out.

What is claimed is: 1. In adorice of the characterdescribed,

the combination of means for holding filling carriers having filling wound thereon, and a filling end finder to find and hold the'end of the filling as the carriers and filling finder are relatively moved in a direction "transverselyto the longitudinal axis of the carricrs.

2; In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame for holding fill-1 mg carriers for movement in a direction transversely of their longitudinal axes, and

a filling end finder to act upon the filling on are relatively moved in a direction transrersely to the longitudinal axis of the carriers, and means for causing the carriers to rotate to unwind the filling.

4. In a filling stand for looms, the combinatinn of a filling carrier frame for holdmg filling carriers, a' fill ng end finder, and i means to relatively move the filhng'carner' frame and filling end finder transversely that the latter may find and hold the filling ends as the frame and finder are so relatively moved. v A I 5. In a filling stand for looms, the combination of means for holding a plurality of fillingcarriers having filling wound thereon, a filling :end finder to act uponlth'e filling f on the carriers while in said holding means,

and means for relatively moving the filling carriers and finder that the latter may find and hold the ends of the filling asthe car-j riers and finder are relatively moved. 6. Ina filling stand for-looms, the combination of means for holding a. filling carrier having filling wound thereon, a filling end finder, and means .for relatively moving v the filling carrier and the fillingend finder transversely of the carrier that the finder may act upon the filling toengage and hold the end thereof.

" 7. In "a device of the character described, the combination of means for holding a fillingparrier having filling wound thereon, a filling end finder", means for relatively moving the filling carrier and filling end finder that the latter may act upon the filling, and meansifpr rotating'tlie filling carrier as the filling carrier and finderare so relatively.

moved,- I

8. In a device of the character described,

the combination of means for holding a plurality of filling carriers and a filling end finder, said carriers and finder being relatively movable in a direction transversely of the longitudinal axes of the carriers to cause the filling end finder-to find and hold' the endofthe filling and unwind it from the carrierduring such relative transverse movement.

9. In a device-of the character described,

' the eonihiriation a mea'ns-Tor' holdin a, an

tending firom thefillingcarriers. 1

:"12; I g'ista d for looms,t-heco riers are moved by said frame, and means -for moving said frame tocarry the filling mechanism for rotating-the filling carrier in .said -1neans as it is moved, and means for engaging and holding the end of the filling as the carrier is moved by its. holding means.

- porting frame and adapted to sustain'filling carriers having filling wound-thereon, a fillon the filling carriersas the latter'are move by said carriergframegtand means for Lro- 1 carriers t ee and present- Ith filh'n'g carriers in position t b meeeiteem a bination fealafilhn cart-1 irame for-hojl pa t e ilin fillingmvolihd Jthretilha, op erQ'aute leadingfr frame, meansilfor; ,moving the-filling-icarrier ing carrier having --;filling"ii'ound-t iereon, operating devices forv moving said means,

-10.;In a filling stand for looms, the comh nation of a supportingirame, afillingcarrier frame slida-bly mounted-in. said suping end finder adapted togengageg-the-filling' id fil n -ter reld: ndsfof'th filling ea ing means-wan th P hopper tofdehi? r filling carrier to sa d frame, and a" filling endefindemto actupon I the' frame ismov'eda'l w 13. In a filling stand for looms, the combination of a fr'iime for'holdingfilling car f ri'ers having filling wound thereon, a guide- "forsaid -.frame, a fillingend findcr'projccting into th'e' p'ath of the-filling as the carearriers past the filling end finder that said filling carriers may -be presented to the operative in ,confl enien't" position for removal from said frame with the'filling ends projecting fromthe carriers. 14.- In afilling stand forlooms, the com:

binationof a; frameipr holding filling can;

riers having fillingjvound thereon, a guide moved bysaidframe, means'for moving said frame to carry the filling carriers past the filling end finder that said filling carriers may be presented to the operative in convenient position for removal from said frame with the filling ends projecting from the car- I riers, and means for engaging the filling 0n the carriers as they are moved past the fill- 6O ing end finder to rotate the filling carriers.

15. Inadevice of the character described, .the combination of means for holding a plurality of filling carriers-for surface; move- 'ment transversely of their longitudinal axes, a-brush for acting upon the filling during such surface movement to fi'nd the end of the filling and cause the same to be unwound from thee-carrier during such surface move-I ment. 1

16. In a filling stand for looms, the combination of a frame havingseats to-receive the base anditip portionsof filling carriers, a filling end finder comprising a brush to actupon the filling, means for relatively moving the frame and brush to enable the latter to find theend ofthe filling, and means for "rotating the filling carricrsinfsaid frame in direct on opposite to the direction of filling.

7; In a -filling stand for looms, the combinat-ionof-means for supporting filling carriers having filling wound thereon, a filling end finder to act upon the hodv of fill-j; ing, devices; also acting upon the body of 85,

filling to rotate the filling ficarriers, and means for 1'elati\-'el v movingi thc filling carriers and said finder and rotating devices.

15h In a filling! stand for looms, thecmnhination at filling carrier frame for. SUP-'90 porting filling carriers ha-"ihg'z filling wound thereon. a fill ng: end finder-to act upon the body of -filling to find the end thereof, and tr'cadle means for-relativclv movingthe fill-. ins! carrier frame amlfilling endI finder to cause the latter to find and hold the filling 'endsfl Q Ql'n testimony \rh'et'ofiil. have signed my game to this snecificati'omin the; pr sence ef two subscribing Witii'ess'es'. FRANGTS E. ASHTON. lVitnt-rsscsr. .t i I for said frame, a filling finder projecting into the pathof the-filling as the carriers are- Gem-ion V; BAND, 1 j THoMAs'TANNnn: 

